The Sting (1973)

James Sloyan: Mottola

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• Luther : [asking for help to make a payment drop]  You won't have no trouble. There's $5,000 there. And here's 100 bucks for you.

  Mottola : Okay, old man. I'll make your drop for you. And don't worry, you can trust me.

  Johnny Hooker : [starting to leave, Mottola puts the envelope in the inner pocket of his jacket]  Hey. Hey! If those goons decide to search you, you ain't gonna get far carrying it there.

  Luther : What'll we do?

  Johnny Hooker : You got a bag or something? How about a handkerchief?

  Luther : [holding one out]  Here's a handkerchief!

  Johnny Hooker : Here. Give it to me. Give me the money.

  Luther : Just hurry, will you?

  Johnny Hooker : [putting the money in the handkerchief]  You got any more? Better give it all to me if you want to keep it.

  Luther : [Mottola hands over his own money he has to deliver]  They think I've been holding out on them. My wife got sick, and I had to pay the bill. I wasn't holding out on 'em.

  Johnny Hooker : [folding the handkerchief up, he sticks it down the front of his pants]  Stuff it down your pants here. Like that. Got it?

  Mottola : Uh-huh. Yeah.

  Luther : Hurry, will you?

  Johnny Hooker : [handing the handkerchief back]  Ain't a tough guy in the world that's gonna frisk you there.

• Johnny Hooker : Are you nuts, carrying a wad around like that in a neighborhood like this? No wonder you got hit.

  Luther : Thanks, I'm obliged to you. But I got to get going.

  Johnny Hooker : [he tries to stand up]  You ain't goin' nowhere on this leg. Let me see.

  Luther : I gotta... got to run some slots down in West Bend for a mob here. I got a little behind in the payoffs. So they figure I been holding out on them. They gave me until 4:00 to come up with the cash. If they don't get it, I'm dead.

  Johnny Hooker : It don't look good, Gramps. It's almost 4:00 now.

  Luther : I'll give you and your friend 100 bucks to deliver it for me.

  Johnny Hooker : I don't know. That mug that hit you is mad enough at me already. What if he's waiting around a corner waiting with some friends?

  Luther : He won't know you're carrying it. Come on. You've got to help me out.

  Johnny Hooker : Hey, I'm sorry, pal. I'm gonna maybe help you get fixed up, get to a doctor, but I ain't about to walk into no knife for you.

  Luther : How about you? All you got to do is put it in the door slot. I'll give you the whole 100.

  Johnny Hooker : Hey, what makes you think you can trust him? He didn't do shit.

  Mottola : Hey, butt out, chicken liver. I gave him back the wallet, didn't I?

• Cabbie : Where to?

  Mottola : Which way is Mason?

  Cabbie : 20 blocks south.

  Mottola : Okay, go north. Joliet Station, fast!

  Cabbie : Right.

  [pulling into traffic, Mottola starts laughing] 

  Cabbie : What's so funny?

  Mottola : I just made the world's easiest five grand!

  [taking the handkerchief out of his pants, he opens it and is stunned to find it's filled with tissue paper]